Assessment of the concordance between DN4 scores performed by the patient (self-assessment) or by the physician (hetero-assessment) to detect subacute neuropathic postoperative pain.

Background: Centres dedicated to chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) have been developed, but delays for accessing to it are generally long. Teleconsultation might be a means to facilitate access to care by allowing an initial triage. CPSPs are neuropathic pain in around half of the cases and their diagnosis is mainly based on the score obtained from validated questionnaires.

Guidelines on perioperative optimization protocol for the adult patient 2023.

Objective: The French Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine [Société Française d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation (SFAR)] aimed at providing guidelines for the implementation of perioperative optimization programs.

Design: A consensus committee of 29 experts from the SFAR was convened. A formal conflict-of-interest policy was developed at the outset of the process and enforced throughout.

Simulation device for shoulder reductions: overview of prototyping, testing, and design instructions.

Background: Shoulder dislocations are common occurrences, yet there are few simulation devices to train medical personnel on how to reduce these dislocations. Reductions require a familiarity with the shoulder and a nuanced motion against strong muscle tension. The goal of this work is to describe the design of an easily replicated, low-cost simulator for training shoulder reductions.

Combining prehabilitation with enhanced recovery programs in gynecological surgery.

Prehabilitation is a multimodal approach to preoperative care based on physical exercise, dietary/nutritional interventions, smoking and alcohol cessation, and psychological care. The goal is to reduce stress and apprehension, encourage general well-being, and thus optimize the patient's state of health before surgery. Prehabilitation encompasses all the actions undertaken between the diagnosis of the disease and the initiation of surgery to reduce the morbidity attributable to the latter.

To what extent is enhanced recovery in surgery used in French obstetrics and gynecology departments?

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the implementation of Enhanced Recovery in Surgery (ERS) in French obstetrics and gynecology departments. To achieve this objective, we drafted an online questionnaire about ERS protocols for cesarian sections and hysterectomies with a benign indication and put a hyperlink on the 'French National College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians' (Collège National des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens Français) website. We obtained 112 analyzable responses.